Must Know Terms

Question 0

AVPU

Answer 0

A- Alert
V- Verbal
P- Painful
U- Unresponsive

Question 1

AEIOU

Answer 1

A- Alcohol 
E- Epilepsy
I- Insulin
O- Over dose
U- Urinoma
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T- Trauma
I- Infections
P- Poisoning
A- Stroke

Question 2

SAMPLE

Answer 2

S- Signs and symptoms 
A- Allergies 
M- Medications
P- Past (pertinent) History
L- Last Oral Intake
E- Events leading up to MOI/NOI

Question 3

MOI/NOI

Answer 3

MOI- Mechanism of Injury (Mainly Trauma)

NOI- Nature of illness (Mainly Medical)

Question 4

PERRLS

Answer 4

Used to asses eyes (For head trauma, stroke etc..)
P- Pupils
E- Equal
R- Round
R- Reactive to
L- Light

Question 5

OPQRST

Answer 5

Used to diagnose pain/injury

O- Onset (did it start slowly or fast)
P- Did you do something to cause the injury
Q- Quality (Describe the pain in your own words)
R- Radiation
S- Severity (1-10 scale)
T- Time (How long has it been going on)

Question 6

ABC’s

Answer 6

A- Airway
B- Breathing
C- Circulation